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+//
+// Copyright 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property
+// Copyright 2019 Nokia
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//
+
+package models
+
+import (
+ "e2mgr/logger"
+ "e2mgr/tests"
+ "encoding/hex"
+ "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+ "testing"
+)
+
+const transactionId = "transactionId"
+const expectedMessageAsBytesHex = "31302e302e302e337c353535357c746573747c347c01020304"
+
+func TestNewE2RequestMessage(t *testing.T){
+ e2 :=NewE2RequestMessage(transactionId, tests.RanIp, uint16(tests.Port), tests.RanName, tests.DummyPayload)
+ assert.NotNil(t, e2)
+ assert.IsType(t, *e2, E2RequestMessage{})
+ assert.Equal(t, tests.RanName, e2.RanName())
+ assert.Equal(t, transactionId, e2.TransactionId())
+}
+
+func TestGetMessageAsBytes(t *testing.T){
+ log, err := logger.InitLogger(logger.InfoLevel)
+ if err != nil {
+ t.Errorf("#nodeb_controller_test.TestHandleRequestSuccess - failed to initialize logger, error: %s", err)
+ }
+
+ e2 :=NewE2RequestMessage(transactionId, tests.RanIp, uint16(tests.Port), tests.RanName, tests.DummyPayload)
+ bytes := e2.GetMessageAsBytes(log)
+ assert.Equal(t, expectedMessageAsBytesHex, hex.EncodeToString(bytes))
+}
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